Tag: European First Feature Film Competition

Based on a true case, this surprising feature film debut by young director Erol Afşin becomes an indictment of everyday racism in Germany that is as powerful as it is poetic.
Followed by Q&A with actor Nicolas Garin.

Simon Rieth’s dark and fantastical feature debut explores the entangled bonds of two brothers between rivalry and childhood trauma. Followed by Q&A with director Simon Rieth and actors Raymond Baur and Simon Baur.
(Original with English subtitles)

The first Irish-language film to be nominated for an Oscar, this is a gentle and deeply hopeful tale of people trying to leave pain and loneliness behind.
(Original with German subtitles)

A compelling coming-of-age drama set in Costa Rica that won three top prizes at the Locarno Film Festival: Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor.
(Original with English subtitles)

The very first animated film in competition: a science fiction dystopia as fascinating as it is melancholy, as a mind game on climate catastrophe.
(Original with English subtitles)

A very personal debut work by the young Norwegian director Franciska Eliassen about a generation that has grown up in the wake of climate crisis, Corona, terrorist threats and financial crisis.
(Original with English subtitles)

An intense and magnificently photographed drama about love, self-assertion and social constraints, this was the only debut in the running for the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year. (Original with English subtitles)

With his visually impressive debut film, director Behrooz Karamizade unfolds a poetic love story and at the same time paints a haunting portrait of the young generation in Iran: he tells of their hope for a freer future and sheds light on the life-threatening flight movements in contemporary Iran.
(Original with German subtitles)